Actually, if you use a custom search form, you can append the category and tag criteria via taxonomy_query, example of the usage, here is what the code in file global-site-search.php, line 279 look like

but can you detail and explain steps in how to achieve this, since im a newbe in wordpress.
I would like to know how to modify the code to implement this function and how to modify the form :slight_smile:

First locate the /templates/ folder in the plugin download. Inside you will find 2 files:

global-site-search.php – Displays the search results.
global-site-search-form.php – Displays the search form.
Simply copy those files to the root of your theme to modify them as you wish. Be careful not to remove any functions though.

So first, you will need to copy the global-site-search-form.php to your active theme folder. And the content should like this

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